Inner Covenant of Judges 11:39

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this line, I hear not a mere event but the movement of a vow written upon the inner air. The two months are not time elapsed in flesh but a period of withdrawal from outer desire, a deliberate schooling of attention. The daughter represents the part of you that can keep a sacred agreement with the I AM, while the father stands as the inner law, the conditioning that honors your declared aim. When he 'did with her according to his vow,' the inner state verifies its own commitment: a decision is translated into action by your imagination and feeling, until the former appetite yields to the higher consent. And 'she knew no man' signals that your inner focus remains undistracted by other desires as long as the vow holds. The final line, 'it was a custom in Israel,' marks the birth of a steady inner practice—a culture of integrity within your life. See the vow not as sacrifice but as the alignment of your inner state with a desired reality. The whole passage invites you to discover that what you accept as real begins in your own heart and imagination, governed by a resolute I AM.